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[1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/13/2021 6:01:57 PM

zgrssd

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My own Observation:
The Stratagem Generation Report still speaks of the Cards costing BP, rather then [CouncilTask]CardPoints

Information I got from someone elses Picture:
Apparently it is possible to generate the same card more then once per turn (if there is a extremely lopsided weight). However when doing so the price and weight does not appear to be increased properly between each card.
i.e., generating 3 "Make Peace Cards" when it starts at 60 Card Points, costs 60 Card Points for each of them.

If a card has to be rolled to be generated it appears in the log as if the price was increased. But that might be a simple display inconsistency.

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RE: [1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/13/2021 7:28:13 PM

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No it isn't a display inconsistency, because the math checks out !
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=4979638
50 = 30 + 45*0.44
(and 274 = 60*3 + 180*0.52, but no price increase here, since the last card is different)

I'd rather think that it's the price *changing* that was a programming "mistake"... even though from a design standpoint it would probably be better if both the price and weight indeed changed with each generated card ?

(That's in 1.08.03, game started on 1.07.06.)

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RE: [1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/13/2021 7:41:02 PM

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quote:

No it isn't a display inconsistency, because the math checks out !
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=4979638
50 = 30 + 45*0.44
(and 274 = 60*3 + 180*0.52, but no price increase here, since the last card is different)

It is not a inconsistency that the displayed price is higher. I said as much. Very explicitly.

I was just point out that the dispalyed values do not nessesarily match the values that were actually used.

I just noticed such a problem all over the Airplanes - the Weight/Horse Power Ratio and Wingload are displayed as if they are from a 1G, 1 Bar planet. But the real values are definitely used in all that other code.

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RE: [1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/15/2021 11:50:44 AM

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The plot thickens...

Hmm, maybe you were in a way right about the display inconsistency ?

One possibility that I can think of is how there are *two* Councils generating points for Minor Diplomacy, but only one for Interior Policies !

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RE: [1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/15/2021 6:07:47 PM

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ORIGINAL: BlueTemplar

The plot thickens...

Hmm, maybe you were in a way right about the display inconsistency ?

One possibility that I can think of is how there are *two* Councils generating points for Minor Diplomacy, but only one for Interior Policies !

But this time the cost of the cards did increase properly with each instance that was generated:
147-30 = 117
117-45 = 72
90*80% = 72

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RE: [1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/15/2021 6:55:25 PM

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Yes, I'm assuming now that Interior is actually working properly,
I mean that it's the Minor Diplomacy that doesn't display that it maybe (?) generates separately for the Supreme and the Foreign councils.

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RE: [1.08.??]Possible Card Generation issues - 3/16/2021 1:25:52 AM

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